GIL BLAS ILLUSTRÉ - THIRD REPUBLIC, 4 vols., folio-sized, bound....
GIL BLAS ILLUSTRÉ - THIRD REPUBLIC, 4 vols., folio-sized, bound. Bindings vary and are very worn (notably, the covers of one volume are detached). Pages are loose but complete, etc. A weekly supplement to the newspaper “Gil Blas,” launched in May 1891, this illustrated magazine consisted of 8 pages, offering content similar to that of the eponymous newspaper, featuring not only songs by Aristide Bruant, Léon Xanrof, and Yvette Guilbert, but also novels and short stories by Alphonse Allais, Guy de Maupassant, Félicien Champsaur, Villiers de L’Isle Adam, Émile Zola, etc., as well as poems, including those by Paul Verlaine, Jean Richepin, and Arthur Rimbaud’s “Première soirée” in the issue of Sunday, November 29, 1891. The illustrations were commissioned from the most sought-after illustrators of the time, the principal one being Steinlen. The collection also features works by Job, Albert Guillaume, Benjamin Rabier, Paul Balluriau, Louis Legrand, and others. 1 vol., 1891–1893—complete, a collector’s item. The first four issues are titled, respectively, “Supplement to Gil Blas of May 30, 1891”; “of June 7, 1891”; “of June 14, 1891”; and “of June 21, 1891”. Starting with the supplement of Sunday, June 28, 1891, the issue is titled “Gil Blas illustré”; it bears the notation “No. 1 – First Year.” This first year comprises 27 issues; 1892 has 52, and 1893 has 53. 1 vol. for the year 1892 – complete 1 vol. for the year 1898 – complete 1 vol. for the year 1902 – complete (illustrations by Bac, Cardona, Bernard, Poulbot, Van Dongen, etc.)
[ translate ]GIL BLAS ILLUSTRÉ - THIRD REPUBLIC, 4 vols., folio-sized, bound. Bindings vary and are very worn (notably, the covers of one volume are detached). Pages are loose but complete, etc. A weekly supplement to the newspaper “Gil Blas,” launched in May 1891, this illustrated magazine consisted of 8 pages, offering content similar to that of the eponymous newspaper, featuring not only songs by Aristide Bruant, Léon Xanrof, and Yvette Guilbert, but also novels and short stories by Alphonse Allais, Guy de Maupassant, Félicien Champsaur, Villiers de L’Isle Adam, Émile Zola, etc., as well as poems, including those by Paul Verlaine, Jean Richepin, and Arthur Rimbaud’s “Première soirée” in the issue of Sunday, November 29, 1891. The illustrations were commissioned from the most sought-after illustrators of the time, the principal one being Steinlen. The collection also features works by Job, Albert Guillaume, Benjamin Rabier, Paul Balluriau, Louis Legrand, and others. 1 vol., 1891–1893—complete, a collector’s item. The first four issues are titled, respectively, “Supplement to Gil Blas of May 30, 1891”; “of June 7, 1891”; “of June 14, 1891”; and “of June 21, 1891”. Starting with the supplement of Sunday, June 28, 1891, the issue is titled “Gil Blas illustré”; it bears the notation “No. 1 – First Year.” This first year comprises 27 issues; 1892 has 52, and 1893 has 53. 1 vol. for the year 1892 – complete 1 vol. for the year 1898 – complete 1 vol. for the year 1902 – complete (illustrations by Bac, Cardona, Bernard, Poulbot, Van Dongen, etc.)
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